A hearing will be held by the UK House of Commons digital, culture, media and sport committee on 27 November.

In a joint letter, the organisers appealed to Mr Zuckerberg to make an appearance.

“We would have thought that this responsibility is something that you would want to take up,” wrote chair of the House of Commons committee Damian Collins and Bob Zimmer, chair of the Canadian standing committee on access to information, privacy and ethics.

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